Month: December 2023

Bar Kadoya is an old-fashioned style yet a cozy standing bar in the Yushima district.

It has been a long while since I last went out with clients from work. First, there have been tight restrictions on going out for drinks and party-related activities. Second, it became outdated to organize a kind of business communication with drinks anymore, as many younger folks have found that it goes well without the […]

Akkeshi Distillery makes a genuinely innovative but authentic style of Scotch whisky on the north Japanese island of Hokkaido!

The Akkeshi single malt whisky is one of the best young “scotch” single malt whiskies I have ever tried. It is not from Scotland but originates from a newly born Japanese craft whisky distiller called “Akkeshi,” located on the northern island of Hokkaido. As you may know, we have a known distillery in Hokkaido, the […]

Ken’s bar in Tokyo is the best place to enjoy American Bourbon whiskies!

Ken’s Bar is widely known to have a broad range of bourbon whiskies and attracts not only local fans here in Japan but also from abroad, including the U.S. From a recent visit to the Bar, I learned among them were tourists from the bourbon-producing States such as Kentucky. Those fans are coming here to […]

The music bar GURUGURU in Nozawa Hotspring is a unique hub of locals and visitors from overseas, serving locally made alcohol.

Nozawa Hotspring is located in the central part of Japan; take a Shinkansen for an hour to reach Nagano, and then a car ride for another one hour into deep mountains to Niigata direction, and you will find the steamy village entire of the scents of vapors coming down from the earth. This town was […]

INABAR in Toyama has a lovely interior, and the music and good cocktails make anyone feel at home.

I came to Toyama this time. The region is located on the opposite side of the coast of the Pacific Ocean and faces the Japan Sea, sometimes referred to as the backside of Japan. The front side is, of course, the array of cities along the Tokaido line, and they advanced much faster than the […]

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